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Nov 26, 2013 | 8:56 am

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Originally Posted by nkedel

Depending on which way you're rounding, a 3-year old XPS 15 could either be http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...ll-xps-15.aspx or http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...dy-bridge.aspx -- the former should be pretty easy to replicate the power level of (the i7-640m or i5-540m/460m are all pretty basic by today's standards) while the latter will depend on how big a processor you put in (the quad cores are still pretty comparable with today's high end, the duals with today's midrange.)

I have the L501X, so I suspect it's the first one. It has the i5-m480 processor, 8 GB of RAM, which was pretty good, I seem to recall, when I bought it. But I know my battery is dying (extended battery, which I insist on) and replacing that it $150, which seems sort of silly for a 3 year old computer. Other than that the hardware seems to be holding up, but I'm sure the keyboard may give out sometime soon...they always seem to!

I'm glad you mentioned ultrabooks--I knew the lighterweight laptops were no longer called "netbooks" but couldn't remember what they were called. A friend has a work Dell that I think is an ultrabook and I absolutely hate it. Definitely need to spends some time with them before buying one.

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